ALBANY — Eli Manning has reached the pinnacle of his profession as a two-time Super Bowl MVP. Sean Ryan is entering his first year as an NFL quarterbacks coach. There’s a disparity there, but there’s no awkwardness.

“[Manning is] incredibly coachable,’’ Ryan said yesterday. “You couldn’t ask for a better guy to coach to be honest with you. He never comes across as if he knows everything. He’s been in the system now going into nine years. There are things that he knows. But every point you make, even if he knows it, he takes it as it’s just something he’s hearing again that’s being reinforced to him.

“Because he’s such a good player, and that’s part of what makes him such a great player, is that he takes into that and every day we do something that he’s done maybe 100 times and he tries to get something else out of it. He’s one of the most coachable guys I’ve ever been around.’’

Ryan said the points of emphasis this summer with Manning are continuing to improve his movement in the pocket and, as always, ball security.

* Linebacker Michael Boley (hamstring) returned to practice. … Left tackle Will Beatty again sat out, although coach Tom Coughlin said the reports on Beatty’s back are promising and the medical staff wants to make sure all the “sciatic nerve issues’’ are gone before Beatty returns to his spot on the line.

* Practice ended with a bang, with Manning running the four-minute offense tossing deep downfield to Victor Cruz, who ran by cornerback Michael Coe, stayed in bounds on the left sideline and somehow leaped and made a twisting over-the-shoulder catch as Antrel Rolle closed in on him.

* Defensive tackle Dwayne Hendricks went down while attempting to make the tackle on a running play to Da’Rel Scott. Hendricks had to be helped off the field and Coughlin said afterward the doctors were checking out the medial collateral ligament in his knee. … TE Martellus Bennett caught a screen pass from Ryan Perrilloux and showed excellent speed cutting to the left side, shouting, “Now you got to write about the speed’’ as he raced by.

* Defensive end Justin Trattou is out of his walking boot after spraining his ankle early in camp and knows he needs to be back on the field soon, with plenty of competition at his position.

“I was fortunate enough to get hurt really early so I’ll still have a decent amount of time left at camp,” he said. “But the pressure’s on and the clock is ticking so I’m going to get back out there as soon as I can.”